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March 6, 2008

Sox, Bot Agree On $775,000

The Red Sox and closer Jonathan Papelbon have agreed to a one-year deal worth $775,000.

That's more than closer Bobby Jenks got with a similar amount of service time, as he signed a $550,000 contract. Papelbon was looking for a deal in the range of $900,000 ... but he got a significant bump over his $425,550 salary from last season.

Amen! I did fantasy leagues in the late-80s, where you'd get actual (snail) mailed reports on your team and stuff. And I did some leagues with my friends in school. But we all came into it as die-hard fans of our real teams, and wouldn't pick any rival players for our then-called "rotisserie" teams. It seems like now people's fantasy team IS there favorite team, to the point where you'll have the guy next to you at Fenway Park cheering for a player on the other team because he's "on my fantasy team". (A fact he'll bring up a thousand times during the game.) Obviously, Tim is the type who has a favorite "real" team, but some people, I tells ya....

When I saw Bill Lee speak a few weeks ago--some guy asked a question about whether the steroids thing will affect his fantasy team. Many people in the room gave a knowing laugh, like, Hey, we can all relate to that. And the dude probably thought, This'll make Bill laugh, I'm a funny guy like he is. But Lee quickly said, "Don't do that, get off your couch and play baseball for real."

(Of course, that kind of goes for people who sit on their couch following a real team, but it was still funny.)

It seems like now people's fantasy team IS there favorite team, to the point where you'll have the guy next to you at Fenway Park cheering for a player on the other team because he's "on my fantasy team". (A fact he'll bring up a thousand times during the game.)

Yeah I know what you mean, seems pretty foolish to me and you won't even hear me doing that.

I think the entire notion of Fantasy leagues are being taken far too seriously, and the main reason that I'm involved in this one is because the guy who invited me to join is an A-Rod/Yankee fan and, as you all know, I'm not going to back down from that.